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UNITED STAT-ES PATENT @rrrcng GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,451, dated July 5,1892.

Application filed February 18, 1892. Serial No. 422,050. (No model.)

My invention'relates to an improvement in gates, and more particularlyto that class of gates employedon farms, the object being to providemeans for increasing the opening when it is desired to accommodatevehicles or machinery of unusual size or of a size too large to passthrough an ordinary farm-gate.

A further object is to construct and arrange the gates in such mannerthat one of said gates will act as an abutment for the other.

With these ends in View my invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a viewembodying myi'nvention,showing the gates closed; and Fig. 2 is a view of a modification. A Arepresents two sections of a fence, and B B the posts thereof, to whichlatter gates C C are hinged at their outer edges. To one side of thepost Bis located a post a, to which is secured brace E, which extendsdiagonally upward and is supported between its ends by the post B. Theupper end of said brace E is provided with a pulley b. At a pointbetween the ends of post 13 an arm E is secured, which latter extendsupwardly and is provided on its outer or free end with a pulley b.Opposite post a is located a post a, to which is securedan upwardly-projectin g arm E the outer end of which is provided with a pulley a Acontinuous piece of Wire 9 is secured to the brace E and arms E and E inthe manner shown in the drawings, which serves to tie said arms togetherand brace the same.

A rope d is first passed through pulley b, thence through pulley b, andthen through a staple located near the upper part of the free end ofgate 0, and is finally fastened to the latch f, which latter works in akeeper g, lo cated on the free end of gate 0'. The other or free end ofsaid rope is provided with a handle h. A rope d is passed through thepulley a and is securedto rope (Z in close proximity to the pulley b,and its outer end is provided with a handle h. v

The posts B B are provided with brackets D D, in which is supported arail or bar F, one

end of which is pivotally connected to the free edge of the smaller gate0, said rail projectinga slight distance beyond the edge of gate 0' toform an abutment for the larger gate 0. The lowerend of the outer railor strip of the small gate 0' is provided with a hook 7', which engagesa staple is, located in the upper end of post Z, for the purpose oflocking the gate against an inward movement, said post Z also serving asan abutment for the smaller gate 0. Tothe lower edge of the upright orstrip of the small gate an overlapping plate 0 may be secured to serveas an abutment for the larger gate 0 and prevent any tendency of thegates to swing inward.

In themodification shown in Fig. 2, m is a post provided on one sidenear its top with a staple m for the reception of a hook m secured toone end of a brace 72, the opposite end of said brace being pivotallyattached to the upright portion of the free end of the gate 0.

When it is desired to allow the passage of ordinary vehicles through thegate, it is only necessary to open the large gate, which is accomplishedby applying power or pulling on either of the handles it or it; butshould it be necessary to increase the opening to accommodate vehiclesor machinery larger than the open space afforded by gate 0, the smallergate 0 will be opened, which is done by simply releasing the railor barF (or hook m in the modified form) and unhooking the gate from the postZ, when the gate will swing to its open position.

It is evident that changes in the construction and relative arrangementof the several parts might be made Without avoiding my invention, andhenceIWould have it understood that Ido not restrict myself to theparticular construction and arrangementof parts shown and described;but,

gate hinged at their outer edges and a latch carried by the larger gate,of a keeper on the smaller gate for the reception of said latch, and apivoted bar for independently locking said smaller gate, said barconstituting an abutment for the larger gate, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination, with a fence and two gates hinged thereto, of alocking-bar connected with one gate and with the fence and forming anabutmentfor the other gate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this ing witnesses.

JOSEPH N. MORGAN. Witnesses:

A. L. SPINNi'ne, PHILLIP KELLER.

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